diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 344e00d949..b0b487b528 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.4.4</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/i18n/pom.xml b/i18n/pom.xml
index e6053791b3..fb46497132 100644
--- a/i18n/pom.xml
+++ b/i18n/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.4.4</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>i18n</artifactId>
     <name>Internationalization files for Openfire</name>
diff --git a/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml b/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
index 6d81729269..1e89117d94 100644
--- a/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.4.4</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index b350a1e8eb..ce8693ce42 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-    <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.4</version>
     <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Openfire Plugins</name>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <plugin.name>${project.artifactId}</plugin.name>
 
         <!-- Versions -->
-        <openfire.version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</openfire.version>
+        <openfire.version>4.4.4</openfire.version>
         <!-- Note; the following jetty.version should be identical to the jetty.version in xmppserver/pom.xml -->
         <jetty.version>9.4.18.v20190429</jetty.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea04a50a99..b91c0b22f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.4</version>
     <name>Parent</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/starter/pom.xml b/starter/pom.xml
index af8bb7c4f0..51e8837cb7 100644
--- a/starter/pom.xml
+++ b/starter/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.4.4</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>starter</artifactId>
     <name>Starter for Openfire</name>
diff --git a/xmppserver/changelog.html b/xmppserver/changelog.html
index c7d4b1330f..441eca2bbb 100644
--- a/xmppserver/changelog.html
+++ b/xmppserver/changelog.html
@@ -163,6 +163,24 @@ <h1>Openfire Changelog</h1>
     <div id="pageBody">
 
 
+<h2>4.4.4 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">November 12, 2019</span></h2>
+<h2>        Bug
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1916'>OF-1916</a>] -         HTTP 404 “security-audit-viewer.jsp”
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1917'>OF-1917</a>] -         Cyclic shared group names cause overflow.
+</li>
+</ul>
+                    
+<h2>        Improvement
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1912'>OF-1912</a>] -         Stop using proprietary sun.security.x509.GeneralNameInterface
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+
 <h2>4.4.3 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">November 1, 2019</span></h2>
 <h2>        Bug
 </h2>
diff --git a/xmppserver/pom.xml b/xmppserver/pom.xml
index bcd8b0ccd5..ccc2285fd4 100644
--- a/xmppserver/pom.xml
+++ b/xmppserver/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.4.4</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>xmppserver</artifactId>
     <name>Core XMPP Server</name>
diff --git a/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java b/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
index 1640b6fdd6..e3879b6ce3 100644
--- a/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
+++ b/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class XMPPServerInfoImpl implements XMPPServerInfo {
 
     private final Date startDate;
 
-    public static final Version VERSION = new Version(4, 4, 4, Version.ReleaseStatus.Alpha, -1 );
+    public static final Version VERSION = new Version(4, 4, 4, Version.ReleaseStatus.Release, -1 );
 
     /**
      * Simple constructor